Bad Habits.. No, more like health risks!

[Anonymous]

I have a couple of problems that I need help with... In about October last year I met this guy that I really liked, to make a long story short we dated for 4 months and broke up in late April. I really loved him and when I met him I was a little bit overweight and was struggling with losing it.. So I started starving myself, And I know its wrong! You don't need to tell me it is...Any way in about weeks I lost 20 pounds because I barely ate anything.. That's when I started to feel more confident around him because I was skinnier... When we broke up I gained it all back and more! Because I was extremely upset about losing him. And after we broke up to I guess you could say 'ease the pain' I started cutting but that didn't last very long. Because nobody saw where the cuts were I didn't worry too much about it. This weight thing keeps on coming back to haunt me and I can't stop wanting to starve myself again because I feel I am too overweight.. I want to be healthy and lose it naturally, I eat healthy everyday! But I keep on gaining weight... Can somebody please help me!?

[Distant]

I find it very odd that women seem to put diet over exercise when considering weight loss and it rarely works for them. Men tend to put exercise over diet and have a lot more success. Why not eat relatively healthy and work out instead? You know, rather than starving yourself. Sure, you'll lose weight because your body is eating your muscle and fat to stay alive but it's also in starvation mode. Thus every single bit of fat you put into your body at that point will be stored. Hence why you've gained all the weight back and then some. Go to the gym work up a sweat instead

[caligirl3]

true

[seasidehermit]

exercise... That's all it takes if you are actually eating healthily. Go to the gym, go for runs, do interval training, lift weights all this will burn calories and keep your matabolism burning for a long time after the exercise is completed. You cannot just loose weight through diet. It doesn't work. and even if you lost the weight then you certainly won't keep it off.

[caligirl3]

I agree with the others, exercise! it will help you lose weight and get in shape, if you diet you will shrink but stay the same shape, a diet can tone your body. And with exercise you will can think of something else for a change. I don't know much about cutting but what I get is that people that cuts themself does it to release pain, take up boxing or kickboxing and get out some of that frustration and anger. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

You need to do something about the cutting. You may need to see a professional to work past your issues. If you want to get in shape then you need to eat a healthy diet, and exercise. The more muscle you build, the more calories your body will burn. More muscle will also give your body that lean sexy look, instead of just looking like a stick. I don't know why you women all seem to think guys have a fetish for stick figures. Sticks are not sexy.